Lead Front-End Engineer for Scalable Next.js Platform

Material Bank; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible PTO

Health benefits

401(k) after 90 days

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Material Bank is seeking a Lead Front End Engineer to design, build, and deliver features for our new MB3 platform. You will join a multidisciplinary team, shaping the frontend architecture and collaborating closely with design and backend teams.

You will own SEO tooling, site analytics and monitoring, ensuring performance and accessibility while evolving the UI with React, NextJS and modern tooling. This role offers a hybrid work model and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science.
• 5+ years of strong expertise in React and related libraries.
• Proficiency in HTML, React and CSS; knowledge of CSS preprocessors (SASS/LESS).
• Familiarity with UI/UX design and collaboration with designers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the front-end architecture for a brand-new platform.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and QA to translate wireframes into UI.
• Optimize components for performance, accessibility, and responsive design.
• Create and maintain documentation for UI components, coding standards, and best practices.
• Assist in rewriting and decoupling the frontend from a CommerceTools app to a NextJS app and build tests with Playwright.
• Help define strategy, select tools, and implement SEO, analytics, A/B testing and monitoring.

Skills

React

Performance optimization

Accessibility

UI Architecture

Education

Master's degree in computer science

Tools

NextJS

Storybook

React Query

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

NewRelic

Sentry

Job description

Material Bank is seeking a Lead Front End Engineer to design, build, and deliver features for our new MB3 platform. You will join a multidisciplinary team, shaping the frontend architecture and collaborating closely with design and backend teams.

You will own SEO tooling, site analytics and monitoring, ensuring performance and accessibility while evolving the UI with React, NextJS and modern tooling. This role offers a hybrid work model and growth opportunities.